I am debating whether to revert back to CDShell V2.0.11 (the version used in UBCD V3.2) for the next version of UBCD. The reason why I am considering is because there is a problem with CDShell V2.1.6 which prevents it from booting on some machines. The author knows about it and has encountered it himself, but there is no newer version to fix it yet, nor are any definite schedule to do so.

But going back would mean big changes again to the menu files (mainly the syntax for bcdw booting and parameter passing), as well as the loss of certain functions (booting of certain ISO images from diskemu).

I am taking a poll. Do you have enough problems with UBCD V3.3 that you think I should go back to CDShell V2.0.11 for the next version of UBCD? Or do you think I should stick with CDShell V2.1.6? Let me know.

Last edited by Victor Chew on Mon May 14, 2007 6:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

It's better yes, and hopefully it will be more useful.
It will have even more coverage if it would be on the main webpage, eventually not requiring the user to have a forum account..
(But this will take time to implement, i guess..)

Unless anonymous posting is enabled, it is not possible to respond to pollsanonymously too. Is it advisable to enable anonymous posting? I was afraid itwould lead to a lot of spam, like last time when we enabled it for the SFmailing lists. The spam went away very quickly after I disabled anonymousposting for the mailing lists.

@Victor,
I haven't noticed these booting errors when I used UBCD 3.3 - I used it in many machines.
The booting should work on all machines but going back to old version isn't a good idea.
What says CDShell author?

From couple of months I use my modification of CDShell (I've used version from UBCD 3.3 as a base for modifications and mainly I've integrated the new isolinux and memdisk modules (I don't remember if I did something more)).
It works for me without problems.
If you want it I can send it to you, so you can check if there are still the booting errors.

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